In a Hong Kong public hospital, a doctor might have to see up to 40 patients a day. Photo: AFP In a Hong Kong public hospital, a doctor might have to see up to 40 patients a day. Photo: AFP
In a Hong Kong public hospital, a doctor might have to see up to 40 patients a day. Photo: AFP
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Drug blunders by overworked doctors on rise in Hong Kong’s public hospitals

Wrong dosage the biggest source of medication errors in public hospitals, statistics reveal, although 80pc of cases did not cause problems

Elizabeth Cheung
Elizabeth Cheung

Updated: 5:15pm, 22 Jun, 2015

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In a Hong Kong public hospital, a doctor might have to see up to 40 patients a day. Photo: AFP In a Hong Kong public hospital, a doctor might have to see up to 40 patients a day. Photo: AFP
In a Hong Kong public hospital, a doctor might have to see up to 40 patients a day. Photo: AFP
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